2015 NFL Playoff Pool

[Pat R]

I think Belichicks no time out call may have been brilliant, if he calls time out it gives Carroll time to think about it and he probably would have went with
a run play.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Pat R

I think Belichicks no time out call may have been brilliant, if he calls time out it gives Carroll time to think about it and he probably would have went with
a run play.

What the hell was there to think about? You have the ball at the one yard line, two time outs and the best running back in football. I see no brilliance and I do not buy the story I read that somehow he "tricked" Seattle into passing. Seattle f-ed up, badly. Period.

As for the non-time out, the rationalizations to me are 20-20 in the rear view mirror. It worked out for him, so no questions were asked. As great a coach as he is, I see it as a lapse.

[vintagetoppsguy]

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Rgold – 9
gregr2 – 7
Runscott - 6

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

What the hell was there to think about? You have the ball at the one yard line, two time outs and the best running back in football. I see no brilliance and I do not buy the story I read that somehow he "tricked" Seattle into passing. Seattle f-ed up, badly. Period.

As for the non-time out, the rationalizations to me are 20-20 in the rear view mirror. It worked out for him, so no questions were asked. As great a coach as he is, I see it as a lapse.

100% agree. It worked out well for them not calling a TO, but not due to some sort of coaching brilliance. It would have been unquestionably the right coaching decision to call TO on D. If your D steps up and holds them, Seattle only has 1 TO left, so you can definitely run out the clock... If Seattle scores, you'll have 50 seconds to a minute to get into FG. Not sure why it seems so improbable for the Pats to get into FG in 50 or seconds ( "hail mary"?), when we'd seen Seattle go 80 yards in 29 seconds.. And also seen Brady lead the Pats to TDs on his previous to drives against the Hawks' great secondary.